Bow tie mounting



BOW TIE MOUNT ING Filed Dec. 5, 1965 IN VENTOR.

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United States Patent 3,300,739 BOW TIE MOUNTING Harry C. Thistle, 110 Clinton Park, San Francisco, Calif. 94103 Filed Dec. 3, 1965, Ser. No. 511,552 2 Claims. (Cl. 2-154) My present invention relates to neckwear and more particularly to a novel ornamental clasp which may be employed with suitable fabric as a substitute for a conventional bow tie.

An object of the invention is to provide an ornamental clasp that may be interchangeably used with preformed and knotted bow ties of differing design and color at the collar of a conventional sportswear shirt as a substitute for a bow tie.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ornamental clasp that may be applied to the neckband of a shirt, either alone as an ornament or as a support for a preformed fabric member having the shape and appearance of a conventional bow tie.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clasp having an ornamental firont face with means at its back for attachment to the neckband of a shirt and as a support for different laterally extending fabric members of complimentary colors that may be used interchangeably with the clasp to simulate bow ties of different colors.

Other objects and advantages will be in part evident to those skilled in the art and in part pointed out hereinafter in the accompanying drawings, wherein there is shown by Way of illustration and not of limitation a preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like numerals refer to like parts through the several views:

FIGURE 1 is a front view of my clasp as used with a fabric shaped to conform with the appearance of a conventional bow tie,

FIGURE 2 is a rear view of the clasp with a bow tie member as shown in FIGURE 1,

FIGURE 3 is a back view of the clasp showing the means employed as a support for the fabric elements of a bow tie, and

FIGURE 4 is a side view of the clasp as shown in FIGURE 3 of the drawing.

Reference is now made to the accompanying drawing wherein I have shown an ornamental bow tie supporting member in elliptical form, but it is to be understood that the outline may take other forms, for example, octagonal, hexagonal or square. It consists of a backing member which may be of silver, gold or enamelware, which has an inturned beading 11 by which an ornamental facing 12 may be applied thereto. The facing 12 may be of any ornamental design, for example, a cameo or a relatively large highly polished semi-precious stone or of petrified wood. The bow tie here designated by the numeral 13 can be "formed of any suitable fabric and may be completed with a conventional hand tied bow knot at the center thereof or as shown in FIGURE 2 of the drawing. The bow tie 13 may be pre-shaped to conform with the appearance of conventional bow ties with a wrapping 14 at the center in lieu of a conventional knot. As here shown, the knot with the extending portions 13 of the tie is held against lateral movement between upstanding 'clip forming members 15 that are secured in spaced relation at the lower edge of the backing member 10 and extend 6 upwardly in spaced relation therewith and spaced to form a substantially resilient clamping effect upon the knot when placed thereung r, The clip forming members 15,

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as more clearly shown in FIGURES 3 and 4 of the drawings, are extended upwardly in spaced relation with the backing member and at their upper ends bowed downwardly to form a more outward-1y spaced depending U- shaped loop 16 which is adapted and arranged to be extended over the collar of a shirt as a means for mounting and securing the tie at the neckband of the shirt with the wings of the bow tie extending outwardly therefrom and over the depending collar portions of the shirt. With this arrangement it will be possible to change the nature and design of the bow tie in a convenient manner for use without a conventional elastic or adjustable neckband such as is presently required with the use of a bow tie.

While I have, for the sake of clearness and in order to disclose the invention so that the same can be readily understood, described and illustrated specific devices and an arrangement, I desire to have it understood that this invention is not limited to the specific means disclosed, but may be embodied in other ways that will suggest themselves to persons skilled in the art. It is believed that this invention is new and all such changes as come within the scope of the appended claims are to be considered as part of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An ornamental bow tie, comprising an ornamental clasp having a metal backing member with an ornamental facing such as a polished semi-precious stone of bow knot concealing size, a reversely bent double acting clip means at the back thereof, said clip having upstanding spaced portions behind which the knot portion of a bow tie may be disposed, a preformed bow tie having a wrapped central portion simulating a bow knot secured against the back of said metal backing member by the upstanding portions of said means, and characterized by the fact that said clip is composed of a continuous length wire having said upstanding portions for supporting the knot of the tie are disposed in spaced relation with the back of said clasp and continued to form a depending loop portion that is adapted and arranged to extend over the neckband of a shirt as a means of supporting the assembly upon the neckband of a shirt.

2. In an ornamental bow tie ensemble, the combination of a bow knot concealing metal backing member with an ornamental facing such as a polished semiprecious stone, a reversely bent double acting clip forming member at the back of said backing member having spaced upstanding portions behind which the knot of a bow tie may be disposed, a preformed bow tie having extending wings and a wrapped central portion simulating the knot of the tie secured against the back of the meal backing member by the upstanding portions of said clip, characterized by the fact that the upstanding portions of said clip are looped outwardly and downwardly to complete a depending U-shaped loop forming portion that is adapted and arranged to extend over the neckband of a shirt as a means of supporting said backing member and the tie firmly upon the neckband of a shirt.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 106,761 8/1870 Altmann 2151 733,871 7/1903 Peterson 2151 1,340,755 5/1920 Deshane 215'4 1,675,999 7/ 1928 Weinstein 2151 3,077,606 2/1963 Less 2-454 PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner. 

1. AN ORNAMENTAL BOW TIE, COMPRISING AN ORNAMENTAL CLASP HAVING A METAL BACKING MEMBER WITH AN ORNAMENTAL FACING SUCH AS A POLISHED SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE OF BOW KNOT CONCEALING SIZE, A REVERSELY BENT DOUBLE ACTING CLIP MEANS AT THE BACK THEREOF, SAID CLIP HAVING UPSTANDING SPACED PORTIONS BEHIND WHICH THE KNOT PORTION OF A BOW TIE MAY BE DISPOSED, A PREFORMED BOW TIE HAVING A WRAPPED CENTRAL PORTION SIMULATING A BOW KNOT SECURED AGAINST THE BACK OF SAID METAL BACKING MEMBER BY THE UPSTANDING PORTIONS OF SAID MEANS, AND CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT SAID CLIP IS COMPOSED OF A CONTINUOUS LENGTH WIRE HAVING SAID UPSTANDING PORTIONS FOR SUPPORTING THE KNOT OF THE TIE ARE DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION WITH THE BACK OF SAID CLASP AND CONTINUED TO FORM A DEPENDING LOOP PORTION THAT IS ADAPTED AND ARRANGED TO EXTEND OVER THE NECKBAND OF A SHIRT AS A MEANS OF SUPPORTING THE ASSEMBLY UPON THE NECKBAND OF A SHIRT. 